Weather Records on 5 January 2024

458 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 2024. Highest significance: Bay City Wtr Wks, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 2024

On 5 January 2024, 458 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
150 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 440 daily.
Bay City Wtr Wks set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 5 January 2024.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

458 stations

458 station records on 5 January 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Clovis 13 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mangalore/Bajpe	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middelburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bravo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vacoas (Mauritius)	Mauritius	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bravo	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bodoe VI	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Comfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Derna	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
'S Heerenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alcalde	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ovezande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Medvezegorsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-32.3 C (-26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Welder Wildlife Foundation	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Breskens	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Umea_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-36.6 C (-33.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boden	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-38.8 C (-37.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bournemouth	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arjeplog A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-38.5 C (-37.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarana (Wonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nice	France	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sam	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wanyuan	China	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchong	China	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kota Aerodrome	India	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rena AP	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	-27.4 C (-17.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sotkamo Kuolaniemi	Finland	Record low minimum temperature	-39.3 C (-38.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tabriz	Iran	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yonago	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reboly	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.7 C (-39.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rostov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mala	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-40.2 C (-40.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield 10 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wanyuan	China	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reboly	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-34.2 C (-29.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

458 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 5 January 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 5 January 2024 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 10, daily 440.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

403 broken records

Margins by which the 403 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 2024

Top 20 records on 5 January 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 2024	Bay City Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2024	Clovis 13 N, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2024	Mangalore/Bajpe, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2024	Kozhikode, IN	monthly rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	115 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	Minicoy Obsy, IN	monthly rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	Middelburg, NL	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	Austwell, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	Marree (Farina), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	Lugano, CH	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	Holly, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	Pasamonte, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	Bravo, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	Vacoas (Mauritius), MU	all-time high min	24.6 C (76.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	Wallace, US	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	Bravo, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	Bodoe VI, NO	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	69 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	Centerville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	El Campo, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2024	Pt Comfort, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1795 to 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2024. 2024 had 458 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1838	1
1850	1
1853	1
1855	2
1857	1
1860	2
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	3
1869	2
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	5
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	5
1892	5
1894	10
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	4
1901	6
1902	14
1903	9
1904	24
1905	9
1906	15
1907	7
1908	12
1909	52
1910	21
1911	27
1912	54
1913	19
1914	34
1915	21
1916	95
1917	59
1918	41
1919	53
1920	122
1921	87
1922	160
1923	97
1924	408
1925	110
1926	328
1927	417
1928	112
1929	308
1930	203
1931	176
1932	370
1933	241
1934	294
1935	755
1936	280
1937	238
1938	200
1939	736
1940	654
1941	276
1942	828
1943	355
1944	274
1945	571
1946	1,218
1947	496
1948	537
1949	948
1950	1,400
1951	200
1952	345
1953	291
1954	389
1955	770
1956	699
1957	276
1958	506
1959	1,043
1960	463
1961	305
1962	359
1963	340
1964	191
1965	488
1966	607
1967	545
1968	1,037
1969	844
1970	463
1971	1,355
1972	695
1973	566
1974	986
1975	338
1976	744
1977	613
1978	672
1979	1,781
1980	997
1981	1,136
1982	1,787
1983	929
1984	1,163
1985	970
1986	856
1987	1,031
1988	1,389
1989	1,463
1990	471
1991	1,409
1992	1,001
1993	1,604
1994	1,481
1995	956
1996	1,084
1997	2,254
1998	1,426
1999	2,443
2000	786
2001	1,251
2002	833
2003	760
2004	1,731
2005	1,947
2006	813
2007	1,844
2008	1,114
2009	671
2010	1,386
2011	620
2012	1,307
2013	501
2014	746
2015	652
2016	516
2017	1,053
2018	1,075
2019	422
2020	395
2021	366
2022	700
2023	683
2024	458
2025	607
2026	736

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	373
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1